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Vonage I'm not misunderstanding anything. Yes, alarm monitoring over the Internet
I'm not misunderstanding anything. Yes, alarm monitoring over the Internet means that more problems could arise. Do you really think that people here don't realize that? Perhaps you should go and read trongod05's post again , where he says what ADT told him. I understand the systems involved, not just through my own research but through ADT's customer newsletters. And that research took me a month of reading forums, reading people's experiences, talking to some ISPs, and talking to friends and people who were former alarm system installers. My final conclusion was that the security industry seems hell-bent on keeping information out of the consumers hands, so they can do lots of hand-waving and fearmongering and then reassuring to make the residential sales.
Even if you have a standard phone line and phone-based monitoring from ADT, if your line is cut, ADT still won't get a signal. If ADT really considered this a problem, why isn't CellGuard standard equipment? Why bother with phone lines anyways?
What I think ADT is failing to realize is that more and more people are UNDERSTANDING the risks of alarm monitoring over the Internet or Voip, and are willing to accept them. I realize why ADT won't accept Internet monitoring: it's not reliable enough for them. ISPs won't guarantee their connections, so ADT can't in good conscience support it. Go back into the history of alarm systems and there was a time when normal phone lines weren't even considered robust enough for alarm monitoring. Eventually they were accepted though. Now the same thing is happening with monitoring over the Internet. Technology is moving forward and big companies move too slowly.
To make it completely clear: I am aware that my ISP and Vonage are now two more links in the chain between my house and ADT's monitoring center. I am willing to accept this. I have all of my network hardware on a UPS to keep it up in case of a power failure. My internet connection stays up through a power outage.
In case you haven't noticed this is a support group, where we're trying to help someone out with his specific problem. He's aware of your CellGuard product. He knows he could give you another $200 and go with the "simple answer" as you put it. Your posts aren't adding anything of value to this thread.
Read The Full Thread: ADT stops working when using Vonage
• My ADT security system can no longer call out after implementing Vonage. ADT stated
• The ADT panel has 4 leads for the Telco attachment.
2 leads are to connect the
• This is probably why it wasn't working for me. I'll try your suggestion tomorrow
• Thats not such a bad thing. I have it in case my cables are cut (the system can not
• Rewired this morning following your suggestion. I did not call to have my packetization
• ...they were trying to sell me a GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) device.
I
• That did the trick, just switch the 4 wires around on the
R1, T1, R and T
The Apex
• I just called ADT tonight to have my system tested. They said it failed and also
• the issue is the type of signaling between the alarm panel and the alarm monitoring
• And how exactly do you get your panel to use contact ID?
chuma posted "I'm not misunderstanding anything. Yes, alarm monitoring over the Internet" on 02/16/2006 |
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